Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
Plot: Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her

Rena Tanaka
Noriyuki Higashiyama
Tetsuya Chiba
Fumi Dan
Sumiko Fuji
Reika Fujisawa
Ben Hiura
Takahiro Hōjō
Kôjun Itô
Nao Minamisawa
Kunio Murai
Eiko Nagashima
Saburo Shinoda
Chōei Takahashi
Tetsuo Shinohara
Satoshi Kono